Saturday, 8 February 2014

The Birdie Song!!

Hi Everyone,

What mad weather today. Got up to sun and blue sky and then within 15 minutes, we had black sky, thunder and hailstones! Then sun again and half an hour later, back to hailstones!! Think this must be the format for the day.

We had some fantastic news this week. My husband's brother lives on his own in Australia and has been undergoing treatment for bowel cancer for the past year. He saw his oncologist on Monday and was told that the tumour has gone and he is now in remission!! The timing couldn't have been better, as he celebrated his 60th birthday on Tuesday. He celebrated with some friends in Melbourne, 2 very famous Australian blues guitarists. What a great start for 2014. It has been very difficult to support him from the UK. Now we are all much happier.

I am going to enter this card into the Lili Of The Valley Challenge, which is a song title. I wasn't going to call this card 'The Birdie Song', but the title I thought of, was written on a scrap paper on my desk and got thrown away last night! I can't remember what it was! Sad!! Even sadder, this was all I could think of, a song I hate! Tweet Tweet!!

Never mind, as I love this LOTV image and it can be used for any occasion. I coloured the birds and birdhouse with Copics and added Stickles Star Dust all over the flowers etc.﻿

The backing paper was from my stash. I think it was a freebie from a magazine. I am still trying to do C&S cards but still find it hard. Not too sure about this one. Just looks plain to me. Even my bow has the droops! Lol!

The sentiment is from Annette's blog Nettys Cards. If you use the link, you will find loads of sentiments that she has designed, for you to download FREE! Her blog is fun to follow too, as she is really funny. Gorgeous cards of course.

I felt a close up of the image was needed, as it is so delicate. I have added some dots of Cosmic Shimmer pearlescent glue around the heart.

Hope you like my card more than I do! I am entering it into the following challenges:

See, I am keeping up my New Year resolution and entering some challenges! I really want to try and get some more followers. Thanks Jen, for joining me last week.Hope you have a great weekend and the weather is not too bad where you are.

Thanks for stopping by and your lovely messages are gratefully received.

Hi Carol - I LOVE this card - you are much to critical of yourself! The blue and red combi is gorgeous and the layout is lovely too. Glad to hear you had some good news re your BIL - must be a weight off of all your minds.